Preamble

The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.

MEMBERS SWORN.

The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by Law:

Captain the Right honourable Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, M.C., commonly called the Right honourable Lord Stanley, County of Lancaster (Fylde Division).

Colonel Sir Albert Lambert Ward, baronet, D.S.O., Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (North-West Division).

Sir George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, baronet, M.C., County of Bucks (Buckingham Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel John Jestyn Llewellin, O.B.E., M.C., County of Middlesex (Uxbridge Division).

Joseph Batey, esquire, County of Durham (Spennymoor Division).

Captain the Right honourable Robert Croft Bourne, Borough of Oxford.

John William Banfield, esquire, Borough of Wednesbury.

Right honourable Herbert Stanley Morrison, Borough of Hackney (South Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frances Edward Fremantle, O.B.E., County of Hertford (St. Albans Division).

Frederick Charles Watkins, esquire, Borough of Hackney (Central Division).

Joseph Westwood, esquire, Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs.

Sir Robert Bland Bird, baronet, Borough of Wolverhampton (West Division).

Lieutantant-Colonel Charles Iain Kerr, D.S.O., M.C., Montrose District of Burghs.

William Murdoch Adamson, esquire, County of Stafford (Cannock Division).

Sir John Dearman Birchall, knight, Borough of Leeds (North-East Division).

George Muff, esquire, Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (East Division).

Sir Robert Vaughan Gower, knight, O.B.E., Borough of Rochester (Gillingham Division).

Ian Campbell Hannah, esquire, Borough of Wolverhampton (Bilston Division).

Walter Henry Green, esquire, Borough of Deptford.

Colonel Sir George Loyd Courthope, baronet, M.C., County of East Sussex (Rye Division).

Sir Joseph John Jarvis, baronet, County of Surrey (Guildford Division).

Frank Edward Clarke, esquire, County of Kent (Dartford Division).

George Benson, esquire, County of Derby (Chesterfield Division).

John Smedley Crooke, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Deritend Division).

John Jagger, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Clayton Division).

William John Stewart, esquire, Borough of Belfast (South Belfast Division).

Ellen Cecily Wilkinson, County of Durham (Jarrow Division).

Anthony Crommelin Crossley, esquire, County of Lancaster (Stretford Division).

William Bromfield, esquire, County of Stafford (Leek Division).

Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, baronet, City of London.

Walter Windsor, esquire, Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (Central Division).

Adam Maitland, esquire, County of Kent (Faversham Division).

Alexander George Walkden, esquire, Borough of Bristol (South Division).

Sir Reginald Blaker, baronet, County of Middlesex (SpelthorEe Division).

Adam Hills, esquire, County of YorK, West Riding (Pontefract Division).

Captain Lawrence Roger Lumley, Borough of York.

William Dobbie, esquire, Borough of Rotherham.

Lawrence Kimball, esquire, County of Leicester (Loughborough Division).

Owen Temple Morris, esquire, Borough of Cardiff (East Division).

Henry Channon, esquire, Borough of Southend-on-Sea.

Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Cruddas, D.S.O., County of Northumberland (Wansbeck Division).

Sydney Richard Wells, esquire, County of Bedford (Bedford Division).

Cedric Drew, esquire, County of Devon (Honiton Division).

Walter Ross Taylor, esquire, C.B.E., County of East Suffolk (Woodbridge Division).

Major Peter Stapleton Shaw, Borough of Liverpool (Wavertree Division).

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes, baronet, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O., Borough of Portsmouth (North Division).

Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, esquire, commonly called Lord Willoughby de Eresby, County of Parts of Kesteven and Rutland (Rutland and Stamford Division).

James Archibald Christie, esquire, County of Norfolk (Southern Division).

Lieutenant - Colonel Edward Thomas Ruscombe Wickham, M.V.O., County of Somerset (Taunton Division).

David Douglas Reid, esquire, County of Down.

Alan Tindal Lennox Lennox-Boyd, esquire, County of Bedford (Mid Division).

William Waldorf Astor, esquire, commonly called the Honourable William Waldorf Astor, Borough of Fulham (East Division).

Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay, County of Midlothian and Peebles (Peebles and Southern Division).

Ernest Evans, esquire, Wales University.

Sir William Ray, knight, Borough of Richmond.

Sir Robert Inigo Tasker, knight, Borough of Holborn.

Robert Harry Morgan, esquire, County of Worcester (Stourbridge Division).

William Lindsey Everard, esquire, County of Leicester (Melton Division).

Geoffrey William Lloyd, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Ladywood Division).

Lieutenant-Commander Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher, R.N. (retired), County of Warwick (Nuneaton Division).

George Arthur Victor Duckworth, esquire, County of Salop (Shrewsbury Division).

Sir Ronald Deane Ross, baronet, M.C., County of Londonderry.

Allen Algernon Bathurst, esquire, commonly called Lord Apsley, Borough of Bristol (Central Division).

Colonel Henry Walter Burton, O.B.E., County of West Suffolk (Sudbury Division).

Captain the Right honourable Frederick Edward Guest, C.B.E., D.S.O., Borough of Plymouth (Drake Division).

Major Sir Herbert Robin Cayzer, baronet, Borough of Portsmouth (South Division).

John Rowland Robinson, esquire, Borough of Blackpool.

Richard Antony Pilkington, esquire, County of Lancaster (Widnes Division).

Lieutenant David Field Beatty, R.N. (retired), commonly called Viscount Borodale, Borough of Camberwell (Peckham Division).

Sir Waldron Smithers, knight, County of Kent (Chislehurst Division).

Captain Victor Alexander Cazalet, M.C., County of Wilts (Chippenham Division).

Eric Errington, esquire, Borough of Bootle.

Captain Malcolm Bullock, M.B.E., County of Lancaster (Waterloo Division).

Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree, esquire, County of Leicester (Harborough Division).

Robert Hamilton Bernays, esquire, Borough of Bristol (North Division).

Ernest George Hicks, esquire, Borough of Woolwich (East Division).

Francis Alfred Broad, esquire, Borough of Edmonton.

Sir Brograve Campbell Beauchamp, baronet, Borough of Walthamstow (East Division).

Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett, knight, Borough of Cardiff (Central Division).

Sir John Leigh, baronet, Borough of Wandsworth (Clapham Division).

John Frederick Ellenborough Crowder, esquire, County of Middlesex (Finchley Division).

Daniel Gerald Somerville, esquire, Borough of Willesden (East Division).

Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor, baronet, County of Warwick (Tamworth Division).

Arthur Hollins, esquire, Borough of Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley Division).

Robert John Graham Boothby, esquire, County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Eastern Division).

Captain Sidney Herbert, Borough of Westminster (Abbey Division).

Harold Sutcliffe, esquire, County of Lancaster (Royton Division).

Sir James Douglas Wishart Thomson, baronet, Burgh of Aberdeen (South Division).

Edward Clement Davies, esquire, K.C., County of Montgomery.

Sir Alfred Lane Beit, baronet, Borough of St. Pancras (South-East Division).

Alfred Denville, esquire, Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Central Division).

Sir Hugh Michael Seely, baronet, County of Northumberland (Berwick-on-Tweed Division).

Major John Sewell Courtauld, M.C., County of West Sussex (Chichester Division).

Sir Joseph Nall, knight, D.S.O., T.D., Borough of Manchester (Hulme Division).

Major John Arthur Herbert, County of Monmouth (Monmouth Division).

Charles Williams, esquire, County of Devon (Torquay Division).

Captain William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, commonly called Lord William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, County of Roxburgh and Selkirk.

Right honourable Sir Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, baronet, C.M.G., County of Caithness and Sutherland.

Ivor Grosvenor Guest, esquire, commonly called the Honourable Ivor Grosvenor Guest, County of Brecon and Radnor.

Major Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, County of Hants (Petersfield Division).

Eleanor Florence Rathbone, The University of Durham, the Victoria University of Manchester, the University of Liverpool, the University of Leeds, the University of Sheffield, the University of Birmingham, the University of Bristol, and the University of Reading.

Sir Richard James Meller, knight, County of Surrey (Mitcham Division).

John Patrick Morris, esquire, Borough of Salford (North Division).

Malcolm Stewart McCorquodale, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Sowerby Division).

Harold Paton Mitchell, esquire, County of Middlesex (Brentford and Chiswick Division).

James Armand Edmond de Rothschild, esquire, County of Isle of Ely.

Colonel James Baldwin-Webb, T.D., County of Salop (The Wrekin Division).

Philip Russell Rendel Dunne, esquire, County of Chester (Stalybridge and Hyde Division).

ADJOURNMENT.

Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn until Tuesday next, 3rd December, at Twelve of the Clock."—[Sir George Penny.]

Adjourned accordingly at Half after Seven o'Clock, until Tuesday next, 3rd December, at Twelve o'Clock, pursuant to the Resolution of the House this day.